adulterant

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"This final determination marks the first time that Salmonella is being declared an adulterant in a class of raw poultry products. "

From Salon • May 1, 2024

His first step was to declare E. coli O157:H7 an adulterant, making it illegal to sell contaminated ground beef.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Department of Agriculture rules would declare salmonella an adulterant - a contaminant that can cause food-borne illness - in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2022

Yet, twenty years after Taylor’s landmark E. coli decision, officials at the F.S.I.S. have failed to declare any other food-borne pathogen to be an adulterant in raw meat.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015

Otherwise, as likely as not, oil of geraniums is substituted for the attar of roses, or is used as an adulterant.

From Bulgaria by Fox, Frank, Sir